YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world
Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...
No it's not, ad blocker is working perfectly... :)
Now even more seriously, the amount of ads and how aggressive they are is what led to people using adblockers. It's ridiculous having to see 2 full 20 sec ads at the beggining and then interrupting as it pleases every 3 or 4 mins. On top of that the ads are all lies or manipulation. Fuck Google and their shitty ads.
YouTube Premium? LMAO! Not worth the price, if they had a simpler cheaper tier, just for no ads, 2€ per month I'd might consider it. 8.50€? Fucking rip off. Again, fuck Google.
Honestly, going back to that many ads would annoy me now, but I dealt with it in the day, the thing that finally got me to start adblocking everything were ads that would crash the video players, and ads that would play for like 10 minutes but were skippable after 20 seconds. I play stuff in the background all the time , I shouldn't have to actively monitor an ad.
For me, it's always volume on ads. Ads are usually like 5x louder than what you're watching so it's just an assault on your ears.
Youtube premium really only makes sense if you're going to use youtube music as well, in which case its a decent value. At least here in the states, spotify is $11/month whereas youtube premium is $14/month.
I have absolutely no interest in music streaming services. I discover the music on Youtube, yes, but if I like the band enough I buy the download. Specially since my music tastes are non mainstream.
Better to donate that $11 or $14 / mo to uBlock Origin - that way you're paying people who are actually providing a service to you. With YouTube (Google) you're not the consumer, you're the product.
even better deal if you're still grandfathered into the $9.99/mo tier like I am. I know they said they would increase those prices... but so far not
YouTube is increasing Firefox's market share all around the world.
Chrome is working hard to get that sweet internet explorer status
Some solutions:
Don't forget you can use the command line tool yt-dlp to download videos from Youtube or Invidious ad free, with subtitles, and even have the sponsor mentions clipped out.
This plus using rss feeds is how I watch youtube without ever visiting the site, subscribing, or liking.
Still wondering how this will play out in the EU.
It might actually be illegal in the EU for them to run scripts to detect ad blockers without asking permission first.
My ad blocker is still working :p
uBlock contributors were pumping out filter updates like crazy these past few weeks. There was a constant tug of war as Google kept patching YouTube again every time they got adblock working again. Their tracker for YouTube issues has received something like a thousand comments since this all started.
I'm not going to watch 60 seconds of make-money-online scam ads just to watch some stupid cat video. They're really overestimating the value of Youtube "content." It's mostly frivolous crap. If they cap it to an ad per hour or something maybe. But it's out of control.
Also useful! Thanks :).
+1 for Piped and LibreWolf
My ad blocker works wonderfully. Meanwhile, I'm starting to contribute with content on Peertube. It's something at least.
Still working for me with Firefox
All ads made me do is use newpipe on Android and Freetube on desktop.
Also try LibreTube on Android, it has SponsorBlock and DeArrow built in and the UI looks more modern
I've got 3 or 4 different ad blockers installed just to cover the gaps in when YouTube finds a way around uBlock Origin for a couple days.
Still doing their job as of now. 🤞
Seems Satisfactory.
Who tube? The main way to support the capitalist machine while also wasting your life? No thanks...
